Full-day nursery in Guide Bridge, Tameside
Bright Stars Pdn
Hanover Mill, Fitzroy Street, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0TL · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2016Reference EY539238Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 May 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places75 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 September 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hanover Mill, Fitzroy Street, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0TL · More nurseries in OL7
Stations
- Guide Bridge4 min walk · 0.1 miles
- Ashton Moss (Manchester Metrolink)14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Audenshaw (Manchester Metrolink)17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Guide Bridge, Guide Bridge Station and Oxford Park Sports Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Tameside there are about 3.1 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Bright Stars Pdn is a full-day nursery at Hanover Mill, Fitzroy Street, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0TL, in Guide Bridge, Tameside. It is registered for 75 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 49 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 under 0.1 miles
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.2 miles
- Poplar Street Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
- Ashton West End Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- Audenshaw Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Aldwyn Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Ravensfield Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.9 miles
- Lyndhurst Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Bright Stars Pdn's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Stars Pdn Good at its inspection on 30 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Stars Pdn take?
Bright Stars Pdn is registered with Ofsted for up to 75 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bright Stars Pdn?
Guide Bridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Stars Pdn?
You can call 0161 343 1249 and visit brightstarspdn.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY539238 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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